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Assange's father urges freedom for Palestinians

Julian Assange's father has told pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Melbourne their fight for freedom "may be a bit harder" than the campaign to liberate his son.

AAP

How a rainbow coalition of Australian politicians came together to push for Julian Assange’s freedom

After bleak beginnings, our campaign united a formidable group of parliamentarians from across the political spectrum

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange has been described as a provocateur – now his father says he just wants to be ‘ordinary’

The WikiLeaks founder is sure to be greeted by lots of media attention when he wakes up on Thursday morning, and not all of it welcome

The Guardian - AU

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Assange’s return to Australia a ‘huge win for free speech’, says lawyer

The family and lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a press conference on Wednesday after his return to his home country of Australia following a plea deal with the US government. Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson described his release as a "huge win for free speech".

France 24

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets

The Independent UK

Julian Assange’s wife overcome with emotion as he returns to Australia a free man after US plea deal

Stella Assange was speaking after her husband landed in the Australian capital of Canberra following a six-hour flight from the island of Saipan, where he pleaded guilty to one charge at a US court under a plea deal which sets him free

The Independent UK

‘He needs time’: wife pleads for privacy as Julian Assange reunited with family after landing in Australia

Supporters and family members, including his father, John Shipton, and wife, Stella Assange, gathered in Canberra to welcome him

The Guardian - AU

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Relentless lobbying and a garden party ambush: how Australia pushed for Julian Assange’s freedom

WikiLeaks founder’s release was culmination of years of behind-the-scenes diplomatic lobbying, which got a big boost when Albanese took office

The Guardian - AU

A cult, homelessness and a teenage marriage: the extraordinary life of Julian Assange

After a fourteen year legal battle, Julian Assange is a free man. Emma Loffhagen reports on the Wikileaks founder’s tumultuous life

Evening Standard

Julian Assange’s mother grateful his ‘ordeal’ is ending as father welcomes ‘wonderful’ news

Christine Assange says release from prison shows ‘power of quiet diplomacy’ as she thanks those who ‘put Julian’s welfare first’

The Guardian - AU

Calls for justice from thousands at pro-Palestine rally

Thousands have marched in a pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne's city centre after hearing from the father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

AAP

Julian Assange ‘dangerously close’ to US extradition after losing latest legal appeal

Assange’s father, John Shipton, said his son’s grounds for a further hearing were ‘clear, firm and just’

The Guardian - AU

Ithaka: The Fight to Free Assange review – there’s no better show about the WikiLeaks founder’s battle

Does this documentary about Julian Assange’s struggle for freedom lack subtlety? Yes. But – for deeply troubling reasons made clear by this programme – it’s the best we have

The Guardian - UK

Wife hails UK TV premiere of film about campaign to free Julian Assange

Stella Assange said the screening is a ‘hugely significant’ moment in the fight to have her husband released from prison.

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Review: Ithaka Chronicles the Fight To Save Julian Assange

"If he goes down, so will journalism," Assange's father John Shipton says in the documentary.

The Guardian - AU

Dozens of Australian politicians urge US to abandon Julian Assange extradition

In open letter, 48 MPs and senators warn ‘closest strategic ally’ that pursuit of WikiLeaks founder ‘set a dangerous precedent’

The New Daily

‘Glimmers of hope’: Australian envoy to visit Julian Assange in prison

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Stephen Smith is to visit jailed Australian, Julian Assange, in custody. The Wikileaks founder continues to face

ABC News

Australia's new High Commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith, speaks on Julian Assange, AUKUS and climate change

Stephen Smith reveals he will be the first Australian High Commissioner to visit Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in prison, as he sits down with the ABC upon commencing his new role in London.

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pg // Father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange calls for espionage charges to be dropped

The family of Julian Assange defended the WikiLeaks founder as an unfairly imprisoned journalist while opening up about their ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the case and the subsequent effects it could have on the free press.

AAP

'Time is running out': PM urged to stand up for Assange

Pressure is mounting on Anthony Albanese to ask the United States to drop charges against Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition in the British courts.

The Independent UK

WikiLeaks founder's family brings campaign to Mexico

This week the objective was to insert mention of Julian Assange into a meeting between Mexico’s president and the United States’ top diplomat

The Guardian - AU

Assange family barred from taking book about WikiLeaks founder into Australia’s parliament

Family planned to distribute book, deemed ‘protest material’ by security, to MPs and media as they urged government to intervene in proposed extradition

AAP

Calls to end Assange 'slow-motion' murder

Julian Assange's brother and father are calling for help to end the Wikileaks founder's incarceration in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom.

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s family urge Anthony Albanese to intervene before US extradition

John and Gabriel Shipton say they’re frustrated at the lack of progress in WikiLeaks founder’s case since Labor was elected

The Guardian - UK

Ithaka review – intriguing portrait of the campaign to free Julian Assange

The WikiLeaks founder’s father John Shipton and fiancee Stella Moris and take centre stage in Ben Lawrence’s documentary

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